Total novice...

Hi! I have recently discovered that, well, I love tea! I had always been stuck with some nasty brew as a child for that cure-all of tea, lemon and honey, but a kind soul salvaged my damaged taste buds by taking me to a tea house here in NC. If anyone has a information on a good tea to really start with I would greatly appreciate it! (Right now, I don't know the difference between green and oolong, but I know black tea! Cuz... well, it's black) Help!

I love to eat, cook, dance, fly, laugh, play, hike, camp, you name it! Also, any recommended tea houses or shops in the Fort Bragg area would be greatly appreciated and scoped out quickly!

Welcome! And yay for loving tea! I think you would be able to start with a Ceylon OP (Orange Pekoe) or BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) since, at least to me, it has that taste that I associate with tea and it seems that you already have an interest in black teas.
The difference between differents teas is greens are not farmented before being dried like blacks are. Oolong are partically fermented before drying. Pu Erh I'm a little confused about myself but I know that they are aged.
As for your other question in your other thread check this out, I think it might answer your question thread.
http://uptontea.com/shopcart/informatio ... rading.asp